Kébadian, Jacques

(April 20, 1940, Paris, France - )

   Having graduated from the IDHEC in 1963, he was an assistant director to Robert Bresson (1966 Au Hasard Balthazar / Min van Balthazar / USA: Balthazar, France / Sweden; 1967 Mouchette; 1969 Une femme douce / UK: A Gentle Creature / USA: A Gentle Woman, also actor), Michèle Rosier (1977 Mon Coeur est rouge, shot in 1975), and Michel Andrieu (1980 Bastien, Basti-enne, Michel Andrieu, shot in 1978). He also played in Mourir à Trente Ans (as himself, Romain Goupil, 1982) and Les Baisers de Secours (Philippe Garrel, 1989) and co-edited Une Femme en Afrique / UK and USA: Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa (Raymond Depardon, 1985) and Paris, mon petit Corps est bien las de ce grand Monde (Françoise Prenant, 2000).

 Filmography

1962 ◘ Cérémonie pour une Victoire (short)

1972 ◘ Albertine, le Souvenir parfumé de Marie-Rose (short; shot in 1970)

        ◘ Buvards (short)

        ◘ Histoires d'une Sculpture (documentary; short)

        ◘ Trans-Europe sur "L'Homme construit sa Ville" d'Ipoustéguy (documentary; short)

        ◘ Arménie 1900 (documentary; short)

1987 ◘ Blanche et Claire (short; also screenwriter)

1993 ◘ Mémoires arméniennes (documentary; medium-length; also screenwriter)

1998 ◘ D'une Brousse à l'Autre (documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer, co-editor)

2002 ◘ 20 Ans après (documentary; also screenwriter)

2005 ◘ La Fragile Armada (co-director with Joani Hocquenghem; also co-screenwriter, co-producer, co-cinematographer, co-sound en­gineer, co-editor)

 Television Filmography

1962 ◘ Trotsky (documentary; medium-length)

1972 ◘ Madame Musique (documentary; medium-length)

1973 ◘ Mass Media USA (3 x 52' documentary)

1975 ◘ Ipoustéguy et son Oeuvre sculptée (documentary; medium-length)

1981 ◘ Histoire d'Amour: Colombe et Avedis